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Seashore and Seahenge
Holme next the Sea, Norfolk. North and south, there’s dune and beach to the horizon, mile upon mile of it. And the shore is wide: sea-buckthorn, all hooks and waxy orange berries, then a shingle of...
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Restronguet Creek, Cornwall
It’s raining and still dark when we set off, tawny owl calls shivering from nearby woodland. My dog vanishes into night, chasing rabbits that look like little grey ghosts as they race away into...
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Carrick Roads, Fal Estuary
A ria – an ancient river valley, flooded at the end of the Ice Age when meltwater raised the sea level and ocean rushed inland. The Fal Estuary is the third largest natural harbour in the world, and...
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The ghost of the sea
We walked along the Stour Valley from Canterbury to the nature reserve at Stodmarsh. The route passes through Fordwich, tiny and quaint. Weeping willows trail the little river. An old red brick...
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Beach Agility for Dogs
Returning through a groyne with his ball Dog agility is obstacle course racing for dogs. Formal agility training requires specialist equipment – jumps, seesaws, A-frames, collapsed and rigid tunnels,...
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Tomb of the Eagles, South Ronaldsay
The weather always shapes your experience of a place. We trekked across fields and along the cliff path in heavy fog, our visual world monochrome except for the damp green of the grass and the pinky...
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So off we went, to the beach at night
Seriously, dog? It’s dark out there and you’re supposed to just have your pee and get back in the van quicksmart. Bedtime! But it’s not so dark. There’s still that aftermath light that lingers for...
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A castle on the coast
Many years ago I fell in love with a TV series called Robin of Sherwood. Created by the late, great Richard Carpenter, it was a beautifully shot, mystical, pagan, and haunting interpretation of the...
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When the storms came
Photo by Elaine Brennan, by permission. We set up our camper van on a blasted moor, back of Sennen, half a mile inland. Then the storm slams into us and doesn’t let up for a week. The van rocks on its...
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Marsh and mudflat
Sea Buckthorn Theddlethorpe Dunes Nature Reserve, Lincolnshire. It’s not exactly beautiful. Marram-crested dunes; a dense thicket of sea buckthorn that stretches for miles; stony sand; a wide band of...
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